The city of Crown Point will be serving up hamburgers, hot dogs, an entire roast pig and an afternoon with the neighborhood all for free at its annual City-Wide Picnic on Sunday. The picnic will be ...

HOBART — It was standing room only inside Hobart’s City Court on Thursday night for a lengthy and tense meeting of the city’s Plan Commission, which approved two site plans for Amazon’s data center ...

Hoosier households that rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed their families will encounter new restrictions at Indiana SNAP retailers in the new year. Beginning ...

Quaker Steak and Lube closed in the Ameriplex at the Port business park in Portage after nearly 20 years in business. The chicken wing restaurant, whose slogan is "Best Wings USA," opened in 2007 at ...

CHICAGO HEIGHTS — A man and a woman were killed in a fiery, five-vehicle collision Friday afternoon about six miles west of Dyer. The Chicago Heights police and fire departments responded to the ...

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department announced it arrested a 21-year-old man it accuses of blowing through a traffic signal in rural Rensselaer, killing a 63-year-old motorcyclist on Saturday. A ...

PORTAGE — Police say after spotting a cannabis dispensary bag in a vehicle during a traffic stop they went on to find more than $1,000 of marijuana products. The arrest came on the eve of "420 Day," ...

U.S. Army veteran Paul Aguilera is setting up a primary challenge to an incumbent on the Hammond Common Council next spring, he announced on Wednesday. Aguilera announced his candidacy in a phone call ...

VALPARAISO — A 53-year-old Gary man was sentenced Wednesday to 85 years behind bars for murdering his girlfriend's elderly mother nearly two years ago by starting a fire at her Portage apartment, ...

PORTAGE — Police say a 32-year-old man claiming to have been coming to the aid of a woman he knows while at the local Lakefront & Riverwalk park was actually strangling her during a domestic dispute.

In this month's episode of Ask the Expert, Jessica Vanderploeg (NorthShore Health Centers' health promotion specialist) is going to discuss tips on how to quit tobacco products including replacement ...

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